Strategic Alliance-Based Sourcing and Market Performance: Evidence from Foreign Firms Operating in China

• Published in: Journal of international business studies Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 187 - 208
• Main Authors: Murray, Janet Y., Kotabe, Masaaki, Zhou, Joe Nan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan Journals 01.03.2005; Palgrave Macmillan
• Series: Journal of International Business Studies
• Subjects: Alliances; Business innovation; Business management; Business partnership; Business structures; Business studies; China; Collaboration; Competitive advantage; Corporate strategies; Correlation analysis; Economic resources; Economic uncertainty; Financial performance; Hypotheses; Market structure; Marketing; Multinational corporations; Product differentiation; Product innovation; Proprietary; Researchers; Sourcing; Strategic planning; Studies; Suppliers; Supply chain management; Technological innovation; Transition economies; Uncertainty; Value chain; Variables; China

Although foreign multinational firms from the Triad regions increasingly use mainland China as both a sourcing and a marketing location, no study has directly examined the sourcing strategy-performance linkage. Using resource complementarity and resource dependence theory, we extend the sourcing lit...